Itunis Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Radar looks pretty good for state college to my untrained eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizz Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 RGEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS, AT 434 PM EST, DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLS WERE TRACKING THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE LEADING EDGE WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR WELLSVILLE EXTENDING TO NEAR LECONTES MILLS, AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN THIS DANGEROUS SQUALL. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS DANGEROUS SQUALL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE, ST. MARYS, CAMERON, WHARTON, KEATING, COUDERSPORT, PORT ALLEGANY, EMPORIUM, SMETHPORT, PENFIELD, RENOVO, ROULETTE, GALETON, SHINGLEHOUSE, WESTFIELD, KARTHAUS, GENESEE, BETULA, GAINES, SOUTH RENOVO AND FORCE. FOR THOSE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80, THIS INCLUDES AREAS BETWEEN THE DUBOIS ROUTE 255 AND CLEARFIELD EXITS, SPECIFICALLY FROM MILE MARKERS 108 TO 115. EXIT HIGHWAYS AHEAD OF THESE SQUALLS AND WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE SAFELY PASSED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 With the wind, this second one is a near white-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Just got in from walking around town during both squalls. The first one was just ~20 minutes of very heavy snow here, visibility dropped about as low as it did on Saturday, <200' for a decent period of time, and it dropped over 1.5" of snow. Second is wrapping up and was not as intense snowfall wise, but when it blew through it created whiteout conditions for a couple of minutes, to the point where I had to stop walking and stand against a house away from the wind. Couldn't see even the center of the road from the sidewalk at two different times. Really sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 With the wind, this second one is a near white-out. I could dimly make out a streetlight 75ft away. Insane. It looks like a couple of little bands of snow might brush us now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 1.5" for the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexP Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Nothing happening in Lemoyne. Radar looks pretty weak, but it looked weak on Saturday before we got hit. Hopefully the same will happen tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Two questions... First one: Will these snow squalls survive their trip across the mountains like they did on Saturday night, or is this set-up different? Second one: After this weekends possible rain event, we go back into the deep freeze for a good portion of next week. Is there ANYTHING on the horizon that would indicate we break from this current pattern and get some mild weather? Per the GFS, is appears that cold weather will be the rule through at least March 6th. Steve, this thing did a complete split and is skipping Lancaster county. No complaining from you this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Nothing happening in Lemoyne. Radar looks pretty weak, but it looked weak on Saturday before we got hit. Hopefully the same will happen tonight. I thought the Saturday squall was weakening too. Then I got smoked with almost two inches in a half hour. Steve, this thing did a complete split and is skipping Lancaster county. No complaining from you this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Nice little event. I'd eyeball about 2". Sidewalks are almost indistinguishable from the grass due to drifting/blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexP Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 We've got a squall in Lemoyne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard of 93 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Whiteout conditions in Marysville ! Same rates as Saturday or better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexP Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Snow in Lemoyne getting lighter now. I'd say we had 5-10 minutes of intense snow with wind. Everything was coated instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 line here and gone pretty quick... visibility dropped almost as low as Saturday, but very short and only lasted a few minutes... measured .3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Crazy rates here worse than Saturday, just going to end quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexP Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I just came back from a dinner run. Tonight's snow had a very interesting consistency. It almost looked like someone bought a giant can of spray snow and unloaded it on everything. It felt like I was walking on packing peanuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Family back home in Linglestown, PA reporting about 1" from tonight's squall; they said the intensity was worse than the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherman Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I have seriously never seen it snow that hard. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Got 1.2" for the event this afternoon/evening, temps already down to 12ºF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It vanished... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 We made it home about 20 mins before the 1 minute whiteout. Looks like a dusting, roads already bare again. Weird. Saw today MDT is at 16.3" for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 CRAZY drive home. Arguably the heaviest I've ever seen it snow. True whiteout for 5 min. Cars stopped all over roads right in the middle of the road (or so it looked ) as you couldn't tell where the some roads were. Hope it doesn't all wash away this weekend. Not ready for it to be over. We still haven't had a good one (or 2). Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It vanished... Not really. I must just live in THE WORST area of the state as far as radar coverage is concened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Watching that squall on radar like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Not really. I must just live in THE WORST area of the state as far as radar coverage is concened. And then it got better...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Not really. I must just live in THE WORST area of the state as far as radar coverage is concened. 20150218_7057.jpg Especially for lower level stuff like winter squalls. I notice it at my parents in eastern Lebanon County. There have been a number of times where squalls or snow showers basically vanish from radar as they approach, only to drop as much snow as they did farther west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Especially for lower level stuff like winter squalls. I notice it at my parents in eastern Lebanon County. There have been a number of times where squalls or snow showers basically vanish from radar as they approach, only to drop as much snow as they did farther west. Indeed. This was the case both Saturday night and tonight. With this one though, it was pretty much advertised that it might break up or diminish as it moved east, so I wasn't upset that it appeared to do so on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Must be crappy radar coverage here too. Got the squall even though all the returns appeared to go to my north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Not really. I must just live in THE WORST area of the state as far as radar coverage is concened. Haha that would drive me nuts not having any radar that would view lower stuff like squalls or even some synoptic stuff. I was looking at a couple radar cross sections when the line came through here and pretty much all of the radar echoes were below 8-10k, which is right around the beam height at the lowest angle for CCX, BGM, and DIX radars over the Tamaqua area. The Scranton area can be hard to monitor too. The squall line looks quite healthy on BGM radar but it's disappearing down around the level of Scranton/WB, so we'll have to hear from PSUHazelton on how much of a punch it still has there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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